{"title":"Nancy C. Roberts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNancy C. Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the world of design, blending thoughtful strategy with creative expression. Her work invites readers to engage deeply with the processes that shape arts and culture, illuminating the principles behind effective and innovative design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough her focused approach, Roberts encourages a nuanced appreciation of design's role in contemporary culture, making her books essential for anyone interested in the intersection of creativity and strategic thinking within the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"design-strategy-by-nancy-c-roberts-9780262546812","title":"Design Strategy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new approach to addressing the contemporary world's most difficult challenges, such as climate change and poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConflicts over \"the problem\" and \"the solution\" plague the modern world and land problem solvers in what has been called \"wicked problem territory\"—a social space with high levels of conflict over problems and solutions. In \u003cem\u003eDesign Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e, Nancy C. Roberts proposes design as a strategy of problem solving to close the gap between an existing state and a desired state. Utilizing this approach, designers and change agents are better able to minimise self-defeating conflicts over problems and solutions, break the logjam of opposition, and avoid the traps that lock problem solvers into a never-ending cycle of conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesign as a field continues to grow and evolve, but \u003cem\u003eDesign Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on three levels of design where \"wicked problems\" tend to lurk—strategic design (of private and public organisations), systemic design (of networked and overlapping economic, technical, political, and social subsystems), and regenerative design (of life-giving realignment between humanity and nature). Within this framework, Roberts presents refreshingly interdisciplinary case studies that integrate theory and practice across diverse fields to guide professionals in any domain—from business and nonprofit organisations to educational and healthcare systems—and finally offers hope that humanity can tackle the existential challenges we face in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596206293228,"sku":"9780262546812","price":150.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780262546812-design-strategy.jpg?v=1777917866"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/nancy-c-roberts.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}